Email:
kpreuss@uoguelph.ca
Kathryn Preuss
Education and Employment
- B.Sc. Chem. Honours with Great Distinction, University of Lethbridge, 1995
- Ph.D. Inorg. Chem., University of Waterloo, 2000
- Post-doctoral Fellow, Physical Organic Chem., University of Colorado, 2000 - 01
- Post-doctoral Fellow, Magneto-chemistry, North Carolina State University, 2001 - 02
- Assist. Prof., Department of Chemistry, University of Guelph, 2002 - 06
- Assoc. Prof., Department of Chemistry, University of Guelph, 2006 - 15
- Prof., Department of Chemistry, University of Guelph, 2015 – present
- Topic Editor, Crystal Growth & Design, 2016 – 18
- Assoc. Editor, Crystal Growth & Design, 2019 - 22
Instrumentation
- Bruker X-band EPR Spectrometer
- Quantum Design VSM SQuID magnetometer
- ThermoFisher Reflectance NIR Transmission FTIR-NIR-vis spectrometer
- PANalytical PXRD
- 2 x MBraun Gloveboxes
- 2 x LC Technologies Solvent Purification Systems
- 3 x multi-stage sublimation tube furnaces
- CEM Microwave Synthesizer
Research Themes
- Inorganic Molecular Synthesis
- Molecule-based Materials
- Magnetism
- Conductivity
- Radicals
- Supramolecular Design
- Plastic Crystals
Media
Instagram handle: preussmagnootz
Present Group Members
Michelle Mills (Ph.D. Candidate)
Farroq Raouf (M.Sc. Student)
Gabriele Wehrle (NSERC USRA)
Elise Chung (4th Year Research Project Student)
Harrison Young (4th Year Research Project Student)
Graeme Francolini (4th Year Research Project Student)
Mirna Ghattas (Undergrad Volunteer)
Joshua Ross (Undergrad Volunteer)
Research Collaborators
Dr. Hab. Rodolphe Clérac, M3 Team Leader, CRPP, CNRS & U. Bordeaux, France
Dr. Hab. Elizabeth Hillard, M3 Team, CRPP, CNRS & U. Bordeaux, France
Dr. Pierre Dechambenoit, M3 Team, CRPP, CNRS & U. Bordeaux, France
Prof. Claude Coulon, M3 Team, CRPP, CNRS & U. Bordeaux, France
Mathieu Rouzières, M3 Team, CRPP, CNRS & U. Bordeaux, France
Prof. Sophia Klokishner, Institute of Applied Physics, Moldova
Prof. Stephen Hill, Dept. of Physics, Florida State U., USA
Prof. Dmitriy Soldatov, Dept. of Chemistry, U. Guelph
Past Graduate Students
Dr. Nigel G. R. Hearns (Ph.D. 2008) Forensic Scientist, RCMP, Ottawa, ON
Dr. Jian (Kyle) Wu (Ph.D. 2008) R&D Scientist at Thesis Chemistry, Cambridge, ON
Dr. Ian S. Morgan (Ph.D. 2012) Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Jyväskylä, Finlandv
Prof. Elisabeth M. Fatila (Ph.D. 2013) Assistant Professor at Louisiana Tech University, USA
Dr. Adam C. Maahs (Ph.D. 2017) Synthetic Organic Chemist at Toronto Research Chemicals, Toronto, ON
Chad S. Smithson (M.Sc. 2011) Ph.D. Candidate (Chemical Engineering), McMaster University
Daniel J. MacDonald (M.Sc. 2012) Canada Sales Manager, ACE Glassware
David J . Sullivan (M.Sc. 2012) Research Technologist at NOVA Chemicals, Calgary, AB
Christian E. Carello (M.Sc. 2012) Laboratory Technologist at NOVA Chemicals, Calgary, AB
Scott B. MacKenzie (M.Sc. 2016) R&D Chemist, Lorama Group, Toronto, ON
Carolyn A. Michalowicz (M.Sc. 2016) Chemical Lab Technologist, ERCO Worldwide, Toronto, ON
R. Alex Mayo (M.Sc. 2017) Scientist at Solid State Pharma, Inc., Halifax, NS
Danielle R. Dinsdale (M.Sc. 2019) Process Specialist at Pfizer Canada, Brandon, MB
Lancaster, T.; Huddart, B. M.; Williams, R. C.; Xiao, F.; Franke, K. J. A.; Baker, P. J.; Pratt, F. L.; Blundell, S. J.; Schlueter, J. A.; Mills, M. B.; Maahs, A. C.; Preuss, K. E. "Probing magnetic order and disorder in the one-dimensional molecular spin chains CuF2(pyz) and [Ln(hfac)3(boaDTDA)]n (Ln = Sm, La) using implanted muons" J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 2019, 31, 394022.
Michalowicz, C. A.; Mills, M. B.; Song, E.; Soldatov, D. V.; Boyle, P. D.; Rouzières, M.; Clérac, R.; Preuss, K. E. "Slow magnetization dynamics in a six-coordinate Fe(II)-radical complex" Dalton Trans. 2019, 48, 4514. (HOT article)
Mills, M. B.; Wohlhauser, T.; Stein, B.; Verduyn, W. R.; Song, E.; Dechambenoit, P.; Rouzières, M.; Clérac, R.; Preuss, K. E. "Magnetic Bistability in Crystalline Organic Radicals: The Interplay of H-bonding, Pancake Bonding, and Electrostatics in HbimDTDA" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 16904.
Fatila, E. M.; Maahs, A. C.; Hetherington, E. E.; Cooper, B. J.; Cooper, R. E.; Daanen, N. N.; Jennings, M.; Skrabalak, S. E.; Preuss, K. E. "Stoichiometric control: 8- and 10-coordinate Ln(hfac)3(bpy) and Ln(hfac)3(bpy)2 complexes of the early lanthanides La-Sm" Dalton Trans. 2018, 47, 16232.
Mayo, R. A.; Sullivan, D. J.; Fillion, T. A.; Kycia, S. W.; Soldatov, D. V.; Preuss, K. E. "Reversible crystal-to-crystal chiral resolution: making/breaking non-bonding S...O interactions" Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 3964.
Maahs, A. C.; Ignacio, M. G.; Ghazzali M.; Soldatov, D. V.; Preuss, K. E. "Chiral Crystals of an Achiral Molecule Exhibit Plastic Bending and a Crystal-to-Crystal Phase Transition" Cryst. Growth Des. 2017, 17, 1390.
Fatila, E. M.; Maahs, A. C.; Mills, M. B.; Rouzières, M.; Soldatov, D. V.; Clérac, R.; Preuss, K. E. "Ferromagnetic ordering of -[Sm(III)-radical]n- coordination polymers" Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 5414.
Smithson, C. S.; MacDonald, D. J.; Letvenuk, T. M.; Carello, C. E.; Jennings, M.; Lough, A. J.; Decken, A.; Preuss, K. E. "A 1,2,3-dithiazolyl-o-naphthoquinone: a neutral radical with isolable cation and anion oxidation states" Dalton Trans.. 2016, 45, 9608.
Mills, M. B.; Hollingshead, A. G.; Maahs, A. C.; Soldatov, D. V.; Preuss, K. E. "Isomerization of a lanthanide complex using a humming top guest template: a solid-to-solid reaction" CrystEngComm 2015, 17, 7816.
Fatila, E. M.; Mayo, R. A.; Rouzières, M.; Jennings, M. C.; Dechambenoit, P.; Soldatov, D. V.; Mathonière, C.; Clérac, R.; Coulon, C.; Preuss, K. E. "Radical-Radical Recognition: Switchable Magnetic Properties and Re-entrant Behavior" Chem. Mater. 2015, 27, 4023-4032.
Preuss, K. E. "Metal-radical coordination complexes of thiazyl and selenazyl ligands" Coord. Chem. Rev. 2015, 289-290, 49-61.
Preuss, K. E. "Pancake bonds: pi-Stacked dimers of organic and light-atom radicals" Polyhedron 2014, 79, 1-15.
Fatila, E. M., Clérac, R.; Jennings, M.; Preuss, K. E. “McConnell I mechanism promotes ferromagnetic interactions between pi-stacked Ni(II)-thiazyl complexes” Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 9431-9433.
Fatila, E. M.; Clérac, R.; Rouzières, M.; Soldatov, D.; Jennings, M.; Preuss, K. E. “High-Spin Ribbons and Antiferromagnetic Ordering of a MnII-Biradical-MnII Complex” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 13298-13301.
Fatila, E. M.; Rouzières, M.; Jennings, M. C.; Lough, A. J.; Clérac, R.; Preuss, K. E. “Fine-Tuning the Single-Molecule Magnet Properties of a [Dy(III)-Radical]2 Pair” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 9596-9599.
Fatila, E. M.; Clérac, R.; Rouzières, M.; Soldatov, D. V.; Jennings, M.; Preuss, K. E. “Ferromagnetic superexchange in a 1D -[LaIII-radical]- coordination polymer” Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 6271-6273.
Wu, J.; MacDonald, D. J.; Clérac, R.; Jeon, I.-R.; Jennings, M.; Lough, A. J.; Britten, J.; Robertson, C.; Dube, P. A.; Preuss, K. E. “Metal Complexes of Bridging Neutral Radical Ligands: pymDTDA and pymDSDA” Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 3827-3839.
Sullivan, D. J.; Clérac, R.; Jennings, M.; Lough, A. J.; Preuss, K. E. “Trinuclear Mn(II) complex with paramagnetic bridging 1,2,3-dithiazolyl ligands” Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 10963-10965.
Fatila, E. M.; Hetherington, E. E.; Jennings, M.; Lough, A. J.; Preuss, K. E. “Synthesis and crystal structures of anhydrous Ln(hfac)3(monoglyme). Ln = La, Ce, Pr, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Er, Tm” Dalton Trans. 2012, 41, 1352.